The Corruption of the ‘Wrong Brains Experiment’ - the Government is still Covering up Bse in Sheep.Wednesday August 1st 2001: Government sets up Biosecurity
Zone.
The government is setting up a bio-security
zone in north yorkshire to stop pharmers spreading the disease, “For the
next month or so that will continue to be Mr Mair's fate in north Yorkshire.
As the county's chief trading standards' officer, he will monitor the
15 joint police/trading standards patrols whose job is to enforce the
law in the tough new 'biosecurity zone' that covers 900 square miles of
the county. This night-and-day animal watch is sponging up resources.
Volunteers have arrived from trading standards offices in Lincolnshire,
Norfolk and Cornwall. Fifteen extra staff have been taken on to run the
county's call centre for worried farmers.” [1]
August 3rd 2001: The ‘Wrong Brains’ Experiment Resurrects
the Issue of Bse in Sheep.
To provide some background for this diary entry:
at the beginning of november 2000, after years of the labour government
denying that Sheep might be affected by bse, the food standards agency
raised the possibility that Sheep could be infected by the disease and
that tests were urgently needed to find out whether this was the case,
“A mass screening campaign to determine whether bse has spread to some
of Britain's 40 million sheep should be carried out with "great urgency",
the Food Standards Agency said yesterday. While bse has been passed to
sheep under laboratory conditions it has never been found to have occurred
naturally. But agency experts are worried because so few tests have been
carried out. "As a matter of great urgency there is a need to develop
and apply a rapid screening method so that large numbers of sheep can
be tested," the agency said in a review of bse controls.” [2] The code being used in this quote was that
the fsa wanted to use john collinge’s tests to determine the spread of
bse in the country’s Sheep - as opposed to Mice experiments which usually
took up to four years to complete. An experiment had been started in 1997
to determine whether Sheep killed during the period 1990-1992 were being
infected but no tests were being carried out to determine the level of
bse infection in the current Sheep population i.e. on Sheep currently
going into the ooman feedchain. Hereinafter, with the benefit of hindsight,
the maffia’s 1997 experiment on Sheep, which was being carried out by
the institute for Animal health's neuropathogenesis unit at edinburgh,
will be called the ‘wrong brains experiment’.
James meikle publishes an article which points out
that the ‘wrong brains experiment’ is showing signs that bse was present
in the brains of Sheep culled in 1990-1992, “The spectre of bse being
found in sheep has reared its head again, just as supermarkets and farmers
urge consumers to help them out of the foot and mouth crisis by eating
more lamb. The latest statement from the food standards agency takes us
one more tottering step towards realising that theoretical possibility
that our flocks were infected with the disease as well as our cattle herds.
An experiment is under way to ascertain whether sheep diagnosed in the
early 1990s with scrapie - a bse-like disease endemic in sheep since the
19th century - really had bse. The results so far cannot positively distinguish
between the two, but are said to be "compatible" with bse having
been present. However, scientists are reluctant to draw conclusions at
this stage, and point to the possibility that there may have been contamination
of samples collected at the same time as bse-infected cow brains. Contingency
plans are also in place to cope with the discovery of the disease in the
actual flocks, from banning British lamb altogether and slaughtering millions
of animals (again) to altering the type of cuts butchers and supermarkets
can offer. Scientists are still assessing the significance of another
experiment in which they infected cattle with scrapie from sheep. Two
died, but their condition has yet to be confirmed as either bse or scrapie.
It may be neither. Until the extent of bse infection in sheep is known,
another depressing recalculation cannot take place - the danger to humans
from eating sheep.” [3]
[4]
Roger highfield reports, “Mad cow disease may have been
present in sheep a decade ago, the Food Standards Agency admitted yesterday.
If the preliminary finding was confirmed, it would have "very serious"
implications, it added. Research to check whether bse has spread to sheep
has been under way at the Institute for Animal Health's Neuropathogenesis
Unit, in Edinburgh, where the theoretical risk was originally identified
as a result of experiments in which it was shown that sheep fed bse-infected
cows' brains succumbed to infection. Now the results of one experiment
searching for evidence of bse in sheep diagnosed a decade ago with scrapie
"could be compatible with bse having been in sheep at that time",
the agency said. "Our experts advise us that it is not yet possible
to draw conclusions from this research since the work is not yet complete
and the possibility that there may have been contamination of the samples
with bse-infected cow brains needs further investigation."”
[5]
In
both of these articles it can be seen how the fsa was preparing the brutish
public for the possibility that these ‘wrong brain’ tests might be completely
useless. Interestingly,
the government must have known about these provisional results before it offered
to buy up a couple of million spring Lambs and then encourage the brutish public
to eat them. Thus, even though tests were showing that Sheep were infected by
bse the government was perfectly willing to buy up these Animals and then try
and sell them to the brutish public. Isn’t this a case of domestic bioterrorism?
It
should be pointed out that the maffia’s ‘wrong brains experiment’ revealed its
complete and utter indifference to the pharming industry’s bse bioterrorism
on brutish consumers. In 1997 it decided to carry out tests to see if Sheep
were infected with bse but these tests were conducted not on Sheep being put
into the ooman feed chain but on Sheep killed between 1990-1992. The only reason
that scientists were carrying out tests on Sheep that had been dead for seven
years was because this would delay the discovery of the current scale of bse
in Sheep and thus prevent the Sheep industry from suffering the same fate as
the Cattle industry. If the tests eventually revealed Sheep were infected then
pharmers would insist the disease had since died out in the current Sheep population
and would then demand a new round of tests be carried out to find out if the
disease was still present - which would mean another four years’ worth of experiments.
This delay would be caused by the government scientists use of Mice experiments
which usually took about four years to complete - as opposed to john collinge’s
tests which takes a couple of days. At the very least, all that government scientists
needed to do was to take a few Sheep brains’ from abattoirs and put their brains
under the microscope to find whether they had bse. It is transparent therefore
that the real objective of the ‘wrong brains experiments’ was to delay, for
as long as possible, the discovery of any evidence about the presence of bse
in Sheep. As regards this objective, the maffia and successive governments have
succeeded extraordinarily well. At the beginning of august 2001 i.e. 14 years
after the discovery of bse in Cattle, the government’s scientists still haven’t
been able to determine whether Sheep have the disease or not. Fourteen years
of doing nothing to stop the spread of a deadly disease - whilst government
and pharmers demand instant action to slaughter huge numbers of Animals in order
to eradicate f&m! This is a form of state sponsored bioterrorism. August 4th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Mcblair just can’t resist giving Pharmers more Subsidies.
Mcblair has decided to restore subsidies for
pharmers to clean up their own pharms, “The cleansing before re-stocking
had been stopped for two weeks by the Prime Minister after he was told
those in England were costing £100,000 on average to disinfect against
£30,000 in Scotland. A review by accountants and quantity surveyors has
revealed irregularities in invoices from contractors, some of which are
big construction companies. One paid employees half the hourly rate charged
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The same contractor
tried to pass on a £300-a-day administration charge. Time sheets for one
employee showed him working on five different sites on one day. Some contractors
were unwilling to produce time sheets. Elliot Morley, the animal health
minister, said the review would cut the cost of cleansing before re-stocking
to £36,000 a farm on average. "Some existing cleansing and disinfecting
contracts will be cancelled and others tightened. In some cases payments
will be reclaimed." Mr Morley said farmers would get the first chance
to tender for contracts to clean their farms. But some costs might be
reclaimed from them where improvements to buildings went beyond those
necessary to disinfect them.”
[6]
The Independence of Carnivores.
It’s always reassuring to hear that those in
the food safety agency are enthusiastic about eating bse-infected meat,
“Suzi Leather, deputy chairman of the FSA, who said her family still ate
lamb, told the BBC: "We are not saying people should stop eating
lamb. But we are keeping consumers fully in the picture regarding the
risk of bse and sheep."” [7]
Corporate Comics Benefiting from the Spring Lamb Holocaust.
The government has gone back to its old
tactic of responding to bad news for pharmers by launching a campaign
to encourage people to eat more meat, “The government is considering whether
to pay £2.7m toward the campaign, which would match funds from the meat
and livestock commission and double funds available to boost lamb sales
at home following the ban on exports because of foot and mouth.” [8] As
ever these days in the advertising world, a corporate comic is receiving
huge sums of money to appear in an Animal exploitation commercial, “The
meat and livestock commission said it was planning to continue to use
Harry Enfield's "nice but dim" character to promote lamb in
the media. A spokesman said: "We await with interest the final results
of the research but until then we propose to say sheepmeat is safe to
eat. Because of the export ban, there will be a lot of nice lamb around
in September. We hope the British public will respond and perhaps eat
a little bit more."”
[9]
Sunday August 5th 2001: The Day’s Events.
The Sunday Times Reveals Compensation Millionaires.
Jonathan leake reports that, “At least
37 farmers have been made compensation "millionaires" after
their livestock were slaughtered in the foot and mouth cull. They have
all received cheques for more than £1m - with the largest being for £4.2m
- an amount which has shocked ministers and embarrassed the National Farmers'
Union (NFU). The identities of most of the 37 compensation millionaires
is uncertain, although almost all are likely to be specialist breeders
of pedigree cattle, some of whose animals could have been worth up to
£45,000 each. Whitehall and industry sources say the recipient of the
largest payment, for £4.2m, was Jim Goldie, whose 741 Charollais and Limousin
cattle, plus 531 Texel sheep, were slaughtered in March after disease
broke out on his two farms. Goldie admits to having received compensation,
but denied that £4.2m was the correct figure. He refused to confirm the
actual amount, saying it was his personal business. Critics say that what
such figures really show is how over-dependent farming has become on public
subsidy. One other farmer has received more than £2m compensation, and
there are hundreds more with livestock worth more than £1m. Few farmers
have insurance against the risk of disease. By contrast, almost every
other type of business in Britain has to buy its own insurance and include
the cost among its overheads.” [10] Jonathan
leake & simon trump point out that, “Jim Goldie opened the envelope
and out fluttered the kind of cheque that most businessmen can only dream
of - a seven-figure sum, said by official sources to be £4.2m.”
[11] “Like Thompson, most farmers receiving large compensation cheques
have kept quiet about it. Most fear they will be at the least resented
by neighbouring farmers or at the worst accused of dishonesty. Such reticence
follows the publicity given to men like Willie Cleave who, according to
local witnesses, walked into the George hotel near his base in Hatherleigh,
Devon, and asked who would have a drink on the ministry - and ultimately
the taxpayer. His compensation cheque for £1.3m was already banked.” [12]
The Nuala Preston Story is given a Political Airing.
David harrison of the electronic telegraph writes
about nuala preston a female pharmer had been asked if she wanted to buy
a f&m infected Animal so she could claim compensation. Her story had
been covered by the mirror - see july 30th above, “Miss Preston, 41, told
the officer that the man had a "neutral" accent and "sounded
like a salesman". His "product" would have increased the
value of Miss Preston's 45 sheep from as little as £450 to £4,050: farmers
receive £90 compensation for each infected sheep, compared with only £10-£20
at slaughter for a healthy one. But, far from being tempted, she was "amazed
and horrified" and told the mystery caller, in no uncertain terms,
to go away. But what most surprised Miss Preston was that the call from
the police came four weeks after the "salesman" had rung her.
She had reported the incident to the rural affairs ministry at the time,
but was told not to bother informing the police because there was "no
evidence". "I was shocked and deflated by the ministry's attitude,
because there had been rumours that this was happening," she told
The Telegraph. "I thought it was a serious issue because so far we
have not had foot and mouth around here."” [13]
Somehow or other margaret beckett and elliott morley heard
about the story and publicized her complaint, “Last week, however, as
foot and mouth flared up again and farmers grew angry about leaked "lies"
over the cost of the clean-up, the ministry suddenly became very interested
in Miss Preston's "salesman". The story ran on the front page
of a Sunday broadsheet newspaper sympathetic to New Labour, supported
by quotes from ministers. By the following morning, Margaret Beckett,
Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra),
had ordered an "investigation" into claims that farmers were
deliberately infecting animals to claim compensation far above their animals'
market value. Elliott Morley, the junior rural affairs minister, raised
the temperature by saying that his department had been inundated with
such allegations. A senior ministry official added gravely: "We have
a duty to investigate these allegations. There now seems to be a real
suspicion that some farms have been deliberately infected." What
began as a claim by one named farmer that she had been offered - and refused
- money to infect her sheep had been turned into a clear suggestion that
other farmers had been made similar offers - some of which had been taken
up. The implicit message was clear: farmers were money-grabbing cheats.
The anti-farmers headlines spread as fast as the virulent disease that
has led to the slaughter of 3,648,200 animals. Yet, by last night, Mrs
Beckett's "investigation" had produced precisely nothing. Nor
had the police found anything. There is no evidence that a single farm
has been deliberately infected. Ministry officials are now backing away
from the furore they created, claiming that there was never a specific
investigation, but that they would look into any individual incidents
drawn to their attention.” [14]
Reporter undermines his own Doubts.
Harrison is sceptical about the idea of pharmers
infecting their own flocks and yet he too had heard rumours of such activities,
“It will probably never be known if any farmers have deliberately infected
their sheep. If they have, they are unlikely to admit it. What is known
is that a number of farmers has received calls from people offering to
infect their sheep for between £400 and £5,000. These calls have been
made sporadically over several months, but again the Government did not
act until last week. In June, The Telegraph learnt that two farmers in
Kent had received similar calls. They were outraged by the offers, but
refused to speak on the record or go to the police for fear of recriminations.
One described the call: "The man at the end of the phone sounded
businesslike and intelligent. He told me that he would deliver foot and
mouth disease between midnight and 1am. "He did not get the chance
to say how he would get the disease on to the farm because I called him
low-life scum and told him to dig a pit and bury himself."” [15]
The Pharmers of course Blame Somebody Else.
As far as pharmers are concerned these stories
are just fabrications, “Farmers are convinced that Labour used the Nuala
Preston story as a smear campaign to deflect attention from the foot and
mouth resurgence and the Government's "lies" over the cost of
the clean-up. Defra had earlier leaked a startling figure of more than
£100,000 as the bill for cleaning and disinfecting each farm. It caused
an outcry and damaging comparisons were made with European countries,
where the cleaning was being done at a fraction of that cost. The clean-up
was halted and opprobrium was heaped on "greedy" farmers. The
farmers were furious and fought back, claiming that the cost per farm
was nearer £25,000-£30,000. The leak was in danger of backfiring. The
media's attention had to be drawn to something else.”
[16]
Backbenchers Revolting over Cruise Liner Payments to Pharmers.
The political flare up over the f&m
epidemic may have been stoked by backbench labour mps incensed at the
compensation going to pharmers whilst their urban constituents were getting
nothing, “There are increasing signs of discontent among Labour backbenchers
about the size of the payments and the government's handling of the dispute.
Eric Martlew, of the Commons agriculture select committee, said: "The
NFU seems to think the public purse is to be dipped into whenever it wants.
There is no other industry that receives these kinds of subsidies."”
[17] ; “Among those voicing concern over the scale of compensation
packages is Austin Mitchell MP, a member of the agriculture select committee.
"There is serious concern about the scale of these costs and we shall
be inquiring into this as soon as parliament reconvenes after the summer
break," said Mitchell, when he was approached by The Sunday Times
with evidence of the payments. His words were echoed by Eric Martlew,
another member of the committee, who blamed the spread of the epidemic
on the early refusal by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to co-operate
with a vaccination programme. "The NFU seems to think the public
purse is to be dipped into whenever it wants. There is no other industry
that receives these kinds of subsidies," he added.”
[18]
Morley being set up as the Next Cunningham.
The last time that pharmers, and their
allies in the media, orchestrated a campaign against a labour cabinet
minister, they succeeded in getting rid of him. It seems the pharming
community is beginning to treat elliott morely in the same way as jack
cunningham. David harrison states, “Privately, some other senior farming
officials finger Mr Morley as the chief "spinner" against farmers.
A spokesman for Defra denied that the Government was involved in a propaganda
war, but the skirmishing continued all last week as the foot and mouth
crisis worsened.”
[19] Pharmers don’t want to hear government officials telling them
their life of subsidized luxury is over, “Morley, the minister who is
responsible for animal health, said the government would meet its obligations
to farmers by paying compensation for the remainder of this outbreak -
but emphasised that it would be "the last time" they could expect
such payments. "I think there will have to be a major independent
inquiry into foot and mouth. There may have to be more than one because
there are so many facets to the industry. There must also be a major restructuring
of the industry," he said.”
[20]
Cost of the F&M Epidemic.
“The revelation about the million-pound
compensation payments coincides with new figures showing that foot and
mouth has cost taxpayers more than the entire British agricultural industry
produces in pre-tax profits each year. Last year the net value of all
farm produce was £1.9 billion. By contrast, ministers admitted last week
that foot and mouth has cost taxpayers £2.2 billion in direct costs -
and several times that in indirect costs such as damage to tourism.” [21] ;
“Research conducted by the University of Wales revealed last week that
by opting for a "quick cull" policy, instead of following a
programme of selected vaccination, the government had increased the total
cost of the foot and mouth epidemic from between £1.5 billion and £2 billion
to about £5 billion by the end of the year. These figures took into account
the cost of the clear-up operation, compensating farmers and the loss
of income from tourism.”
[22]
Vaccination Cheaper than Slaughter.
“The row over vaccinating animals against foot
and mouth - which many farmers favour - was revived yesterday when a University
of Wales study showed that an inoculation programme would have cost £3
billion less than the £5 billion slaughter policy. The research, by Professor
Peter Midmore, an economist at the University of Wales, claimed that the
cost of the current operation could be halved if healthy animals were
inoculated now. The study claimed that a programme of vaccinating animals
in "rings" around outbreaks would have cost between £1.5 billion
and £2 billion - compared with the £5 billion the slaughter policy is
expected to have cost by the end of the year.” [23]
Coleman’s Warning over Bse in Sheep.
Coleman comments on the provisional of the ‘wrong
brains experiments’, “I first warned that mad cow disease was killing
Sheep in 1996. I wrote back in april 1997 when i warned readers, “If you
eat lamb you are exposing yourself to a real risk of a hideous death.”
[24]
Monday August 6th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Who Triggered off the Political Flare up Over F&M Subsidies?
The political flare up of the f&m epidemic in
the sunday papers over the weekend is explored by channel four’s news at seven
which tries to work out who was behind the flare up. Was mcblair doing a spin
job on pharmers? After all, mcblair might have felt a little vulnerable about
so much money being given to pharmers and might have wanted to cover his back
in case there was a public backlash. Is it possible that government ministers,
rather than the prime minister, might have provoked the political outburst by
leaking stories to the press? Could it have been labour backbenchers trying
to prevent yet more subsidies being given to the pharming industry? Could it
have been journalists who, having a good idea about what pharmers have been
up to, had become exasperated by the vast subsidies pouring into pharmers’ pockets?
Perhaps even they were beginning to balk at pharmers going to their local pub
and buying everyone a round of drinks with their compensation payments. When
channel four news asked ben gill who was behind the flare up he responded rather
enigmatically, “All of the information is in the public domain but somebody
has pulled it together to make a story out of it.” Now, just who would do such
a cruel thing as this? - see sp34. Government Rowing Back in its War of Words with Pharmers
Over the last four years or so, pharmers have found
that if they say boo to mcblair he generally gives them whatever resources they
want. The same also happened over the political flare up over f&m. Having
allowed government ministers to launch a wave of criticisms against pharmers
mcblair suddenly changed his mind and offered pharmers more subsidies. Firstly, he resumed the clean up payments, “The cleansing
before re-stocking had been stopped for two weeks by the Prime Minister
after he was told those in England were costing £100,000 on average to
disinfect against £30,000 in Scotland.” [25]
Secondly, he sought to win praise from pharmers for allowing
them to rob the treasury of billions of pounds, “The Government sought
to defuse a row with farmers yesterday over the mounting cost of compensation
for cattle slaughtered as a result of the foot and mouth epidemic. The
Prime Minister's spokesman insisted that the Government was "doing
right" by the farmers - although he pointed out that agriculture
received more in subsidy than the whole of British industry. Downing Street
denied that ministers had leaked details of at least 47 individual farmers
who stood to receive compensation of more than £1 million each in an attempt
to justify moves to require the industry to take out insurance against
such epidemics in future. The disclosure of the compensation payments
was made against a background of growing public and political concern
over the cost to the taxpayer of dealing with the epidemic, although that
figure has now been revised down from £2.2 billion to £1.6 billion.” [26]
Thirdly, mcblair seemed to believe the subsidies
for f&m were insufficient so the government announced a spring Lamb scheme
to buy surplus Animals, slaughter them, and then keep the corpses in cold storage
until they could be sold. Finally, mcblair made it known he was not keen on the idea
of pharmers taking out insurance against future diseases, “There is basically
no need for farmers to take out insurance. This is because the government
says that it is required, under the 1981 Animal Health Act, to compensate
farmers for losing their animals as a result of disease control measures.
In practice, this means that if the government orders animals to be destroyed,
it must then compensate farmers for the cost of replacing them.” [27]
Cost of the F&M Epidemic to Taxpayers.
“An estimated £2.3bn of taxpayer's money has
been spent on the foot-and-mouth crisis.”
[28]
August 7th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Mcblair Hires Haskins to do the Job that Cunningham was supposed
to do before Mcblair stabbed him in the Back.
Mcblair chooses a pharmer to sort out the pharming
issue, “Meanwhile, the government's rural recovery co-ordinator Lord Haskins
revealed he favoured vaccination in any future outbreak and suggested
farmers like himself should receive less in subsidies.”
[29] Even worse, this pharmer is a member of the house of lords.
He’s also got larry whitty in the lords as the Food and Farming Minister.
Morley takes further Stand against Rich Sponging Pharmers.
“Ministers will look for ways to stop taxpayers
having to pay for future foot and mouth outbreaks. Eliot morley, rural
affairs minister, said yesterday he was concerned at compensation costs
after it emerged 37 farmers will get £1 million. He demanded an inquiry
into the option of making farmers insure against outbreaks.” [30]
August 8th 2001: The Day’s Events.
EU to explore Pharmers’ Fraud.
“The European Commission's anti-fraud office
has launched an investigation into the system of compensating UK farmers
hit by foot-and-mouth disease. The move follows a report by the EU's Food
and Veterinary Office two months ago which branded the UK's compensation
system as "excessive". The consequences for the UK could be
severe as it is thought the EU will foot 60% of the bill for compensating
farmers. The report highlighted payments that were significantly higher
than the guideline rates and questioned the procedure of allowing farmers
to choose their own valuer from a ministry list. Inspectors also attacked
illegal animal movements and suggested there had been deliberate infection.” [31]
Lamb slaughter to go Ahead.
“The slaughter of up to 1.5 million healthy
lambs was given the go ahead yesterday. The government said it will buy
and kill the animals to support the struggling agriculture industry. But
it stressed the decision was an ‘exceptional measure’ and would not be
repeated. The lamb meat would normally be sold to overseas markets in
the autumn.”
[32]
New Biosecurity Zone for F&M Epidemic.
“A new foot and mouth security zone was set
up in cumbria yesterday after fears of re-infection. Lorries and people
entering farms within a 100 square mile area must have a special permit.”
[33]
Research Continues into spread of Bse-Cjd.
“Government scientists accused the meat industry
yesterday of hampering their bse investigation. They said firms held back
vital information on the use of potentially infected cheap beef. Seac
wants to know about the use of cheap “slurry” beef known in the trade
as mechanically recovered meat, before it was banned in 1995 because of
the possible link with vcjd.” [34]
August 13th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Cure for Bse-Cjd?
“The father of a cjd victim given a new drug
treatment said yesterday: “Rachel has been cured. She smiles, she laughs,
she can talk.” Rachel forner, 20, was confined to a wheelchair and could
not talk or feed herself when dad stephen asked nobel prize winning scientist
professor stanley pruisiner for help to tackle the killer human form of
mad cow disease. Rachel’s astonishing recovery began just 19 days after
she started treatment with a drug which had not been tested on people
before.”
[35]
£50,000 paid out for Sheep having a Common Cold: The Insanity
of the Animal Exploitation Industry.
“A prize winning sheep has fetched £50,000 in
compensation for its owners after it was culled during the foot and mouth
outbreak. It is the largest sum given so far for any single animal killed
in the crisis. The pedigree swaledale breeding ram called mossdale nuggett
was bought for a record price at auction by two farmers eric nelson of
clapham, lancs, and robert cowperthwaite of settle, north yorks, in 1997.”
[36]
August 16th 2001: Ben Gill Blaming Somebody Else Again.
“Bbc camera crews helped spread foot and mouth
disease, farmers’ leader ben gill said yesterday. Nfu president ben gill
claimed helicopters carrying crews over infected sites helped blow the
virus into neighbouring areas. The bbc said, “We always stuck to ministry
guidelines.” Interviewed on a political website, mr gill also said the
government’s handling of the crisis was “dreadful”, adding “Lots of mistakes
were made.”” [37]
August 27th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Industrial Resentment about Pharmers’ Subsidies.
“Union chiefs are to urge tony blair to give
the same level of cash aid to struggling factories as that given to pharmers
hit by the foot and mouth epidemic.” [38]
Another case of F&M Disease.
“A third case of foot and mouth was confirmed
yesterday in an area which had been clear of the disease for three months.
All of the cases are within about five miles of each other in Northumberland
.. Vets yesterday began culling the 95 cattle and 800 sheep at the site
of the latest case in catton. It brought the total number of outbreaks
to 1,973.” [39]
August 28th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Resurgence of F&M.
“The scourge of foot and mouth seemed to be
almost over. Now it is back again. Eleven cases have been discovered in
northumberland - three months after the last case there. The mirror still
believes that animals should have been vaccinated against foot and mouth.”
[40]
No-Go Zone in Hexham.
“Hundreds of miles of farmland were declared
a no-go zone yesterday as the foot and mouth outbreak spread. The number
of new cases in the allendale valley near hexham, northumberland rose
to 11. The public were urged to keep out of the area. About 1,000 cattle
and 5,500 sheep have been slaughtered with another 275,000 animals at
risk within the zone.”
[41]
Another Angle on the Cost of the F&M Epidemic.
“The f&m crisis has cost tourism almost
three times as much as agriculture, britain’s leading rural expert said
yesterday. Ewen cameron, chairman of the countryside commission, said
farmers had lost £1.5billion this year. Hotels, restaurants and tourist
attractions had suffered £4billion losses. In the wake of the fresh outbreak
in northumberland, mr cameron called for vaccines to be tested now so
that they could be used in any future crisis. He said the public would
not accept any more mass culls.” [42]
September 3rd 2001: Another Case of F&M.
“A new case of foot and mouth was confirmed
in the north east yesterday bringing the number of outbreaks to 17.”
[43]
September 4th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Scale of F&M Epidemic.
“The 2000th case of foot and mouth disease was
confirmed yesterday. The landmark figure is still below the 2,354 cases
in the outbreak 34 years ago.” [44]
Political Costs of F&M Epidemic.
“Tony blair came under pressure last night as
it was claimed spending on education was the lowest since 1962. Professor
howard glennerster said britain spent just 4.5% of our national wealth
on education in 1998/99 - the lowest in almost 40 years. The london school
of economics prof said, “Even in 2003 public spending will only be back
to the levels of 1994.”” [45]
September 7th 2001: The Day’s Events.
Ironside’s Predictions of the Scale of Bse Epidemic.
James ironside believes there could be an explosion
in the numbers of bse cases, “Cases of the human form of mad cow disease
could explode, a leading scientist warned yesterday. Professor james ironside
said the number of people contracting and dying from variant cjd is increasing
- up 20-30% a year. Ironside, of the national cjd surveillance unit, added,
“Moving from a flat pattern, we’re now seeing an upward change. This is
a sustained pattern. We’ve had blip before .. this is not a blip.” But
he said it was still impossible to predict the scale of the epidemic because
no one knows the length of the incubation period or if genetic factors
make only some people susceptible. “I think the scenario in which we see
millions of cases is very unlikely.”” [46]
Pharmers Murder another Bse-Cjd Victim.
“A young mother has become the latest victim
of the human form of mad cow disease. Mum of two julie macrae, 30, was
thought to be suffering from depression and was admitted to a psychiatric
hospital but died from variant cjd.” [47]
September 10th 2001: Pharmers force Privatization on Labour.
The pharming industry is forcing the labour government
to go down the privatization path because of the vast subsidies paid to pharmers,
“Tony blair will be deserted by one-in-four labour voters if he presses on with
“creeping” privatization in schools and hospitals, a poll out today shows.”
[48]
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